Its vacation time!

Daniel and I decided that summer is almost over and we need a vacation! We took the Labor Day weekend and made the trip north to New Jersey to see Daniel's sister and her family. It was so nice! The best part of the trip was spending time with my wonderful spouse and daughter. The first day of our trip we stopped over in Hershey to see the Chocolate World Tour. It has been years since I have been there and Daniel has never been. It was so much fun! We even got pictures with the Characters! Getting chocolate of course at the Chocolate Factory was expected and i felt like a kid again! Daniel and I both got our favorites, as well as a cute shirt for Hannah. We then continued on to New Jersey, got to Daniel's sister's house that afternoon, where we took a swim in the neighborhood pool. It felt so good to be out of the car. That night we went to bed early, in preparation for our trip to Philadelphia on Saturday. In Philly, we stopped in to see the US Mint which was really neat, the Liberty Bell through a window, and Independence Hall. Being in the room where the signers of the Declaration were, was surreal. It made me ponder and greatly appreciate the things our founding fathers did for this country and sad at the same time for the way the country is now. Anyway, after all that, we were spent, so we headed back to the house. Sunday, was nice and restful. Had church and took naps. Monday, was the final day, so we crammed in everything we wanted to do. We took the hour drive to Staten Island New York, took the free ferry across to Downtown Manhattan, visited the Top of the Rockefeller Center, picked up Daniel's niece from the Manhattan LDS Temple, had lunch in Central Park, and visited the 9/11 Memorial, as well as stopped by Carlo's Bakery in Hoboken in hopes of getting a cupcake for my birthday, but my hopes were dashed when we found out they had closed early for the holiday. Oh well. New York City was so much more fun the second time around, plus it was so great to have a personal tour and help from Daniel's sister and her family. The best part was the dinner on Monday. We went to an Italian restaurant where I got my favorite dish, Chicken Alfredo! Happy 29th to me! Here's to another fun filled year before I reach the dreaded 30! Enjoy the pictures!